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Town Open Space (Secor Road)

Town Open Space (Secor Road) from directly overhead

Town Open Space (Secor Road) is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Beaver Bog Mountain stands 358 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (High Meadow Road, Rear), a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

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Coordinates41.42978, -73.38383

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town Open Space (Old Gray's Bridge Road): 1.1 mi
  • Entrance to Sterling Woods Private Footpath: 1.8 mi
  • Eriksen Farm Open Space: 2.0 mi
  • Still River Greenway: 2.1 mi
  • Meckauer Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 4.9 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 4.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.4 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 11.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 57
  • South Beach: 5.1 mi
  • North Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Pine Ledge: 8.7 mi
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Saugatuck Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Prydden Brook Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 21
Artworks: 18
  • Lesser Evil: 2.2 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.8 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 4.3 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 8.9 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Pond View: 11.0 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.0 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 13.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Town Open Space (Secor Road). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Beaver Bog MountainNW 305°358 m8.3 mi
Titicus MountainWNW 281°313 m6.7 mi
Great MountainNNW 335°310 m8.4 mi
Pine MountainSW 225°304 m7.6 mi
Cranson PeakSSE 153°303 m5.2 mi
Moses MountainSW 221°296 m6.4 mi
Thomas MountainSW 221°286 m5.8 mi
Second HillN 5°285 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43435965

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